Do you guys think that the theatrical nature of the album will allow for more unusual and story-oriented structures for songs? I'd like to think the vast majority of DT's fans praise Finally Free for the awesome masterpiece it is, and one of the things I like about that song is its one of a kind structure, sure there are verses and choruses, but then goes off the tangent with the One Last Time reprise, the climatic ending, it has acoustic moments both with piano and guitar etc etc... I feel the song structure serves the song lyrics, and not the other way around.
I'd love for a song with many twists and turns, very "cinematic", and also other weird / unusual stuff here and there: a short piano piece, like Vacant or Through My Words, an acoustic song, a song that shuffles around its structure to better suit the lyrics... as many as variety as possible, I'd love for them to have on this record an unusual song as Empire of the Clouds was for Iron Maiden, or Slow Love Slow for Nightwish on their Imaginaerum album.
I actually want to feel immersed in a story, like SFAM with the (short and to the point) spoken parts, not a random collection of songs that happen to tell a story with their lyrics... if a concept must be, I want them to go musically all the way!